Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid

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Anyone seeking to find out more about Janelle Monáe could do worse than hasten
to the website of an organisation that calls itself the Wondaland Arts
Society. Explaining its raison d’être, the society’s blog explains: “We have
created our own state ... Grass sprouts from toilet seats, bookshelves,
ceilings and floors. Grass makes us feel good ... We eat books and season
them with wine and cotton candy. When you want the news, you read a comic
book.”

Delve farther and it becomes clear that within this think-tank of free
spirits, the Kansas-born Janelle Monáe is a figure of some